The threat of tourism : challenge to the church /
By: O'Grady, Ron.
Series: Risk book series ; no. 113.Publisher: Geneva : WCC Publications, c2006Description: 97 p. ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9782825414811 (pbk.); 9782825414811:.Subject(s): Tourism -- Moral and ethical aspects | Tourism -- Environmental aspects | Tourism -- Developing countries | Tourism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | ChurchesDDC classification: 338.4791Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 338.4791 OGR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Lost Checked out | 27/02/2023 | 0073982 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [96]-97).
Behold the tourist -- Mass tourism takes off -- The impact of tourism -- A tourism which is ecologically responsible -- A tourism which is socially acceptable -- A tourism which is economically just and viable -- The great tsunami and tourism -- Tourism and the church -- Towards the future -- Bon voyage.
Looks behind the advertising of exotic locations, highlighting a number of issues: tourism's contribution to ecological damage, forced changes in cultures, violation of human rights, and the growth of the global sex industry. This work reflects on principles of a moral approach to tourism.